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I was pleasantly surprised by the Conservative Party’s leadership debate in Moncton on Tuesday. I thought I was likely to flick it off pretty quickly — 14 candidates, most of them men in suits, all fighting for the same mid-term middle ground.

Of course there is a Santa Claus. It’s just that no single somebody could do all he has to do. So the Lord has spread the task among us all. That’s why everybody is Santa Claus. I am. You are.
– Truman Capote

Way, way back when protesters were taking over a Nalcor Energy camp in Labrador, the energy giant was saying it had to move quickly to flood the Muskrat Falls reservoir to prevent damage to the dam site.
Now, more than six weeks later, the reservoir still isn’t filled.
So what was the rush?

Had an interesting experience in a St. John’s clothing store the other day.
I should say at the outset that I have always enjoyed the sights and the sounds of life in the big city. OK, it’s not that big compared with New York, N.Y., but it’s as good as we got.